Health · Lehigh

Lehigh, PA health

On every measure CDC estimates, Lehigh looks like Pennsylvania as a whole: no difference is outside the margin of error.

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 18255 (all of Lehigh)

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Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 330 people are less certain, so we show Lehigh's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Lehigh compares with Pennsylvania

Each theme counts how many of its measures are better, worse or too close to call against the state. Tap one to jump to it.

How Lehigh ranks in Pennsylvania

#622 Closest to a top hospitalof 1057 · 9.3 mi

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Lehigh adults…

18 of every 100 Lehigh adults of those 65+ have lost all their teeth

Pennsylvania: 15 in 100 · too close to call · margin 14.5–21.3%

Bars show Lehigh; the black tick is Pennsylvania. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Lehigh, betterLehigh, worseToo close to callPennsylvania

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 38.2% Lehigh
PA 37.9%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Lehigh adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Pennsylvania.

Dentist visit

PA 64%

Colon screening

PA 68%

Mammogram

PA 78%

Around Lehigh

Lehigh and the towns around it

Care nearby

St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton · 9.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton · 10.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

St. Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale · 12.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Wilkes Barre VA Medical CenterWilkes-Barre · 20.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · VA Directions Medicare profile

Freeland Health CenterFreeland · 8.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Hazleton PediatricsHazleton · 10.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careLehigh is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careLehigh is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthLehigh is not a shortage area

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas. Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Lehigh. Nearby towns are shaded from CDC's estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC's own figure for cities and villages.

All 5 measures for Lehigh

Measure	Lehigh	Margin	Pennsylvania
Chronic conditions
Lost all teeth (65+)	17.8%	14.5–21.3%	14.5%	about the same
Habits
Sleep under 7 hours	38.2%	31.2–45.1%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Dentist visit	61.3%	57.3–65%	64.4%	about the same
Colon screening	66.5%	61.4–71.3%	67.5%	about the same
Mammogram	77.6%	70.1–83.8%	77.7%	about the same

About these numbers

How CDC estimates town health

They're modeled estimatesCDC combines a large national health survey with each area's age, sex, race and income mix to estimate local rates. Nobody surveyed Lehigh door to door.

Close calls stay grayEvery figure has a margin of error. When the Pennsylvania figure falls inside it, we don't call Lehigh better or worse.

Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Lehigh by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Lehigh by how much of its land each one covers.

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Pennsylvania figure combines its counties, weighted by adult population.

Health estimates: CDC PLACES. Hospitals and star ratings: Medicare Care Compare (CMS). Health centers and shortage areas: HRSA. Town boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.